A review by larabavery
A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman

informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

Well-researched, deeply sensual factoids; lyrical prose verging on suffocating. Touches on but does not engage with any of the larger implications of what our senses mean to us biologically, psychologically, or how they change over time. Structured in dollops of research and/or anecdotes that, at least for me, go “in one ear, out the other” because they are not connected to a larger narrative or argument.